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Mistress of Chinese Spy Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

When did we stop executing spies?

A woman who helped a spy transmit U.S. military secrets to the Chinese government was sentenced to a year and a half in prison Friday, a reduced term that a judge said was warranted because the woman was controlled by the man she assisted.

Yu Xin Kang, 33, a Chinese national, was a mistress to convicted spy Tai Shen Kuo, a New Orleans furniture salesman. She pleaded guilty in May to aiding and abetting Kuo in his espionage efforts on behalf of the Communist government in Beijing.

Kang was a go-between for Kuo, helping him get secret information about U.S.-Taiwanese military relations to a handler affiliated with the Chinese military.

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Between March 2007 and February, Kuo obtained secrets on U.S. military sales to Taiwan and updates on Taiwan’s new air defense system. The Pentagon analyst who handed over the documents mistakenly thought Kuo was affiliated with the Taiwanese defense ministry when in reality he was working for the People’s Republic of China.

The analyst, Gregg W. Bergersen, had been sentenced to nearly five years in prison. Kuo is scheduled to be sentenced next week. Guidelines call for him to receive between 16 and 20 years.

Posted by Owen at 1122 hrs
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